KYIV, Ukraine — Russian special forces walked inside a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian units from the rear in the Kursk region, Ukraine’s military and Russian war bloggers reported, as Moscow moves to recapture parts of its border province that Kyiv seized in a shock offensive.

Russia did not make any official mention of the pipeline operation, but Major General Apti Alaudinov, commander of Chechnya's Akhmat special forces, reposted pictures on Telegram of special forces inside a gas pipeline.

A day before, Russia had accused Ukraine of violating a ceasefire agreement by striking its oil depots. But the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a Facebook pos